Carolina QuotesLay me on an anvil, O God. Beat me and hammer me into a crowbar. Let me pry loose old walls. Let me lift and loosen old foundations.
Carl Sandburg Connected to the Carolinas
Source
"Prayers of Steel" (1920)
- year
- 1920
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“Lay me on an anvil, O God. Beat me and hammer me into a crow…” Carl Sandburg. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-7AF43EDCA3. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/7af43edca3
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